The two Russian guys who climbed the Shanghai Tower and hijacked a Hong Kong skyscraper billboard are back, this time they climbed the Ping An International Finance Centre, a 115-story megatall skyscraper (660m high - 2,165ft) which is under construction in Shenzhen, China (completion expected in 2016). It will be the 2nd tallest building in the world and the tallest one in China (cost: $678 million).

Whether it is to set a world record or as part of a ceremony, China loves to create mass events where hundreds of people are all together at the same time and place, doing the exact same thing. Here are some pics of actual occasions.

The gaokao or National Higher Education Entrance Examination is China’s college entrance exam and is the hardest test teenagers anywhere in the world must face. The test scores from this exam determine the futures of these budding youngsters and thousands of teens show up to write it each year.

25 year old, You Pan started dating Yan Tai a couple of years ago but when he met her she was thin and pretty and he was afraid that she would be stolen away by other men. He came up with an unusual plan to keep her from straying.

Many new developments are being built in China but old neighborhoods need to be flattened in order to clear the way for these new projects. Some people have refused to leave their homes so the construction companies have simply built the projects around them.